RD300: Sample Review Questions for Mid-Term Exam
What different types of stakeholders might you encounter in an environmental conflict?
What are the different ways that individuals view nature and mankind’s relationship to
nature? (e.g. nature is fragile)
What sources or factors influence our values?
What is a worldview?
How would you characterize the range of environmental worldviews?
How far should “rights” be extended to elements of the environment?
Which of O’Riordan’s models of environmentalism best reflects your own environmental
worldview and tell me why?
Why do we say that “you cannot resolve a conflict without understanding its context”.
Are there ever benefits arising from conflict?
What is an “intractable” conflict?
What are the theories regarding the origins of conflict?
What is alternative dispute resolution?
How would you explain the technique of brainstorming to another person?
What is the relationship between trust and fairness in environmental conflicts?
How would you describe the concept of environmental justice?
Why is the concept of environmental justice important to environmental conflicts?
Even if we all agree that intergenerational equity is important, we might not agree as to
how the concept should be applied in environmental decision making. Explain.
Why do the results of “discounting” typically favor the present generation over future
generations?
Can you list some principles of intergenerational equity?
What is the difference between distributive justice and procedural justice?
Why should we be concerned about procedural justice in environmental conflicts?
How would you define “environmental justice”?
How and why did the environmental justice movement come into existence?
What is Executive Order 12898 and what is its purpose?
What explanations have been put forward for the inequitable distribution of polluting
facilities?
What are the differences between in-depth interviewing and survey questionnaires?
What are the differences between open-ended versus close-ended questions?
What planning would you need to do in advance of conducting an in-depth interview?
How would you contrast the different types of trust described by Lewicki and Bunker?
How do different disciplines (e.g. sociology, psychology) view the concept of trust?